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NoahVale [Edit] [Delete] 16 replies 10:05, 13 November '13

Watched this last night. All about Terri Hooley - the man who brought punk rock to Belfast when everyone else was deserting the city because of the Troubles. Absolutely lovely film; that's the best way I can describe it. A really heart-felt, heart-warming picture about a guy who did all the wrong things for all the right reasons. Recommended

8/10

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yeah, I saw it at the cinema earlier in the year

the bit when he hears Teenage Kicks for the first time :')))))

guntrip | 13 Nov '13, 10:20 | X
- Lovely scene - even if you knew what was going to happen
  
  I liked how they held off using Teenage Kicks on the soundtrack until that scene.
  
  Aside: one of the reasons I didn't score it higher than 8/10 was the guy who played Peel. Put it this way - he was no Michael Sheen
  
  NoahVale @guntrip | 13 Nov '13, 11:07 | X
  - *after that scene
    
    NoahVale @NoahVale | 13 Nov '13, 11:08 | X
I know a couple of people worked as extras in this

I have yet to see it though

furio | 13 Nov '13, 10:21 | X
Does the filum cover when he has a fight with John Lennon and John punches his eye out?

foppyish | 13 Nov '13, 10:24 | X
- urban myth I think (probably made up by Malcolm MacLaren)
  
  The first scene of the film shows how he lost his eye when he was a kid
  
  NoahVale @foppyish | 13 Nov '13, 11:04 | X
  - I thought it was put about by hooley himself
    
    foppyish @NoahVale | 13 Nov '13, 11:08 | X
    - not that it actually happened
      
      just that he likes to make things up
      
      foppyish @foppyish | 13 Nov '13, 11:09 | X
    - not that it actually happened
      
      just that he like to make stuff up
      
      foppyish @foppyish | 13 Nov '13, 11:23 | X
- Urban myth (probably made up by Malcolm MacLaren)
  
  It actually begins with a scene showing him losing his eye when he was a kid
  
  NoahVale @foppyish | 13 Nov '13, 11:17 | X
  - I like how double posts are still a thing
    
    but now they're about fifteen minutes apart
    
    guntrip @NoahVale | 13 Nov '13, 11:25 | X
looks good cheers

Smee | 13 Nov '13, 10:26 | X
saw on a plane like yesterday

really enjoyed it! the guy who played terri was pretty great and i did kinda stick with him despite all his dumb mistakes. also obviously the soundtrack was really fun

emmettcruddas | 13 Nov '13, 10:40 | X
- did you spot Lily's dad getting thanked in the credits? :D
  
  guntrip @emmettcruddas | 13 Nov '13, 11:08 | X
great filum

not convinced that all of the things in the filum actually happened* but there you are now

*Belfast mates

p_a_u_l | 13 Nov '13, 11:31 | X
- Fair point
  
  I think with any biopic there is always an element of make-believe to further the point/story (see also e.g. The Damned United). But I think it captured the essence of the guy very well
  
  NoahVale @p_a_u_l | 13 Nov '13, 11:56 | X
  
  p_a_u_l this'd this

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